I own several books by Susan Meissner and this one is just as good as the others. It takes place in Fredericksburg, VA in current times, but draws much from the Civil War days since the house was built before the Civil war. Marielle has just married the owner of the house and moved there from Arizona. Her mother in law lives in the house as well. The locals feel the house is haunted by a previous occupant who is said to have betrayed the south during the civil war, but the current occupants don't believe that , but do feel that the is something about the occupants of the house who seem to draw misfortune. “I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”